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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Reference | NLS MS.19207 |
| Title | Correspondence of Hugh Seton, who left England in disgrace in 1786 and travelled compulsively in India, 1786-1795. |
| Document Type | Manuscript |
| Date | 1786-1795 |
| Description | Using the pseudonym Christopher Roberts or Robarts, he travelled widely in the East and places visited include Alexandria, Cairo, Mocha, Massowa, Hodeida, Bombay, Poona and Seringapatam. The correspondence, mainly with his son Archibald in India, provides a detailed picture of Hugh Seton's bohemian life style, his imprisonment in Hodeida for assault and impersonating a doctor (ff. 3-15), which led to his three hundred mile walk from Poona to Chittledroog to seek redress from Lord Cornwallis (ff. 33-34) and his involvement in the fighting against Tippoo Sahib at Seringapatam (ff. 58-63). These letters reveal him in his later years as an eccentric, compulsive traveller whose wanderings only ceased on his death in 1795. |
| Theme(s) | Society, Travel and Leisure c. 1750-1857 |
| Keywords | correspondence, travel and exploration, Third Mysore War (1790-92), family affairs |
| Names | Seton, Hugh; Seton, Archibald; Cornwallis, Lord Charles; Sultan, Tipu; Abercrombie, General |
| Places | Seringapatam, Mysore |
| Library | National Library of Scotland |
| Copyright | National Library of Scotland |